Brown's raise expected to be approved by UT

Published 6:30 am, Thursday, February 9, 2006

Brown, who led the Longhorns to their first outright national championship since 1969, will receive a bump in pay to $2.55 million. It will place Brown among the nation's highest-paid coaches, athletic director DeLoss Dodds said.

He previously was scheduled to earn $2.259 million in 2006.

"We think in the marketplace that he belongs in the top two or three, and that's where we've got him," Dodds said.

Brown, 54, also received an annual $100,000 raise that is part of the 10-year contract he signed near the end of the 2004 season. The remaining nine years of his contract, not including any bonuses, will be worth $26.55 million.

USC coach Pete Carroll is believed to be the highest-paid coach in college football at $3 million annually.